On 16 July 2026, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the awarding of the Serangoon–Eunos Bus Package to SMRT Buses.
The 5-year contract represents the first tendered package term for the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package. It will commence on 13 June 2027, with an option for extension of 2 to 5 years.
With this, SMRT Buses will succeed SBS Transit as the operator of 26 bus services in the Serangoon & Eunos region. It will also operate buses from the new Kim Chuan Bus Depot.
In addition, it will also manage Serangoon Bus Interchange, Eunos Bus Interchange, Woodleigh Bus Interchange, and Sims Place Bus Terminal.
Contract BC802: Serangoon–Eunos Bus Package
Serangoon–Eunos Bus Package has been operated by SBS Transit under a negotiated contract since the start of the Bus Contracting Model in September 2016.
SMRT Buses will succeed SBS Transit as the new operator of this package. Buses will also be based at the new Kim Chuan Bus Depot, instead of the existing Hougang Bus Depot.
| Incumbent | SBS Transit Ltd |
| Present Contract Term |
Negotiated Contract (Contract PT209): Sep 2016 – Jun 2027 (10 years 9 months term) |
| Upcoming Contract Term |
Tendered Package 1st Term (Contract BC802): June 2027 – 2032 |
| Awarded Operator |
SMRT Buses Ltd |
| Bus Services |
11, 22, 53/53M, 55, 58, 59, 60, 63/63M, 64, 90, 94, 101, 103, 105, 109, 134, 137, 140, 141, 146, 148, 150, 154, 158, 315 & 317 (26 bus routes) |
| Handover Date | From 13 June 2027 |
| Bus Depot | Kim Chuan Bus Depot |
| Bus Interchanges | Serangoon Bus Interchange, Eunos Bus Interchange, Woodleigh Bus Interchange |
| Bus Terminals | Sims Place Bus Terminal |
Reasons for the award to SMRT Buses were provided by LTA:
- Highest total score for its proposal
- Offered cost savings for LTA compared to the current contract
- Proposal demonstrated strong capabilities in electric bus operations and maintenance, alongside comprehensive plans to strengthen workforce development. Initiatives include:
— Implement attractive workforce recruitment initiatives to grow and diversify its local pool of bus captains, including offering a high sign-on bonus, Class 3/3A licence sponsorship, and C-U-Back at work (“CUB”) programme developed in partnership with NTUC Women and Family Division to attract more women to enter the bus sector.
— Enhance bus safety and systems maintenance through the deployment of fleet-wide AI-enabled fatigue detection and fault navigator systems to reduce fault resolution time and improve maintenance turnaround.
— Enhance commuter experience through community-focused programmes tailored to the local profile at each interchange. These include a placemaking initiative featuring the heritage of Kampung Eunos, and extending the community piano and busking sessions initiatives at Woodleigh to support local arts and community engagement.
Transition of impacted workers
Current SBS Transit employees from the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package will be protected by the Public Transport Tripartite Committee’s Guidelines on Good Employment Practices in the Public Bus Industry and must be offered a job by SMRT Buses, the incoming operator, at employment terms that are no worse off than their current employment terms.
Affected employees can also choose to join SMRT Buses or be redeployed by their current employer (SBS Transit), where feasible.
Bid Prices
The tender for the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package was called on 19 December 2025. The awarded tenderer and its corresponding contract sum are highlighted in red.
| No. | Company | Base | Alternative |
| 1 | SBS Transit Ltd | $635,243,284.11 | $630,345,868.51 |
| 2 | SMRT Buses Ltd | $599,528,428.00 | — |
| 3 | Tower Transit Singapore Pte. Ltd. | $644,630,098.50 | $639,290,213.50 |
The tender submissions were evaluated based on a two-envelope process, which looked at both quality and price factors. The price submissions were only opened after the quality evaluation was completed. This two-envelope process ensures that LTA gets the best value-for-money proposal without compromising on quality.
LTA also retains the option to extend the contract by between two and five years, beyond the end of the initial five-year term.
Observations
The tendered package term for the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package will commence operations on 13 June 2027, which is 2 weeks ahead of the 27 June 2027 date initially expected, as was released by SBS Transit in a Q1 2026 business update.
For this contract, the anchor interchanges / terminals that the winning operator would manage also notably excludes Changi Village Bus Terminal. The terminal is currently managed by SBS Transit under the negotiated contract of the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package. Of the three bus services that currently terminate at Changi Village, two of these are from the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package (59 & 109), with the other being from the Loyang Bus Package.
References
- LTA Awards Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package to SMRT Buses | Land Transport Authority [Accessed 16 Jul 2026]
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105 Just exchange with 100.110 give Sengkang-Hougang, Changi Village let GAS anchor whike Lor 1 under SMRT.
the handover will likely occur in 3 tranches with a 2 weeks gap, similar to other takeovers. This is my prediction for the handovers:
Tranche 1 (13 June 2027, all the Serangoon & Woodleigh services): 101, 103, 105, 109, 146, 148, 158, 315, 317
Tranche 2 (27 June 2027, all the Eunos & Sims Place services): 22, 60, 63, 63M, 64, 94, 134, 137, 150, 154
Tranche 3 (11 July 2027, the remaining services): 11, 53, 53M, 55, 58, 59, 90, 140, 141
Nah 2 tranches, 13th June All Eunos, Sims Place and Lor 1 Geylang svc 2 weeks later all Serangoon svc with the exception of 100 and 506.
Following SMRT Buses securing the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package, I hope SBS Transit retains both the Bedok and Sengkang-Hougang packages, driven by the presence of Linkker LM312 electric buses and the EV multi-storey facility at Sengkang West Bus Depot respectively. Similarly, I anticipate SMRT Buses will hold onto the Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang and Woodlands packages, anchored by the Gali Batu EV multi-storey depot and the heritage exhibition at Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub.
However, under Singapore’s Bus Contracting Model, we may see some transitions such as the Clementi Package which could shift to Go-Ahead Singapore, while the Bishan-Toa Payoh Package may transition to Tower Transit Singapore as this is subject to changes.
Should be retained by SBS Transit
they might reassign 110 after kim chuan depot is set up
we’ve seen something similar happen to 22 and 663
22 happened because of route amendment to Eunos (originally from Tampines package).
okay but
663 would be the most similar case to 110
True.. 2027 there’s no 6x series for SBST liao
60,61,63/M,64,67 all SMRT
62,65,68,69 all GAS
66 TTS
110 is most definitely going back to SK-HG package lol
my assumption is that 110 retains under smrt, I only need valid info to confirm which theory is correct
Am not saying about which operator. Makes no sense for 110 to be part of the Woodlands bus package to begin with.
1. There wasn’t any space in hougang depot to take in 110 back then before Sengkang west depot opened.
2. Even when sengkang west depot opened, SBST lost soon lee and closed down AMDEP.
Anyways, I don’t really wish SBST retains sengkang-hougang. Mainly because of:
1. Stingy when it comes to deploying bus models. Like, how long has it been since 27 seen an A22? Besides, they only deployed ADL on 107, with rare occasions on 51, 89 and 660. Now no more opportunity when its all gone. Look at GAS, 1st week with so much cameos already.
2. They prefer to take assets from HG-SK and then give it to BND. Now BND is gone, went to UPD now.
3. Departure times from interchange are always delayed.
i thought BND still served bedok?
Bedok North is still open bro
Anyways if SBST does lose Sengkang-Hougang (as much as I love SMRT for their buses, let’s hope they don’t win that one as well, I don’t want majority eBus be SMRT despite the fact I’ve been told the staff are quite nice one) it will break the very rule that LTA set for all 4 operators to have at least 1 eBus depot each since the only one SBST has right now is under Sengkang-Hougang and the loss of dual depot control means frequencies will go chaotic. Yes, it will expand SMRT’s territory further but that means they might not win future MRT contracts since those will likely go to SBST/SOT.
By the way to address your first point in the latter the reason why GAS can cameo everywhere is because like Tower they don’t practice perm unless it’s bendy bus (eg 858), so they pretty much just throw everything as long as the minimum cap for SDs and DDs for the day are met.